Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Pasta: This is the ultimate comfort food - ready in under 20 minutes and full of delicious cheese, this creamy one pot meal is an easy weeknight meal that'll wow your taste buds!
1poundboneless, skinless chicken breastscut into bite-sized pieces
1 ½cupschicken broth
1cupmilk
⅓cupbuffalo sauce
8ouncesrotini pastauncooked
4ouncescream cheese
1 ½cupsshredded cheddar cheese
blue cheese crumblesoptional
chopped green onionoptional
Instructions
Add olive oil to the insert of your Instant Pot.
Plug in your Instant Pot and set it to sauté mode.
Once the Instant Pot is hot, add the chicken and sauté until cooked through.
In this order, add the chicken broth, milk, buffalo sauce, pasta and cream cheese. DO NOT STIR.
Place the lid on the Instant Pot, close the pressure valve. Set your Instant Pot to manual for 5 minutes with the pressure on high.
When the 5 minute cook time has finished, do a quick release (carefully open the pressure valve and let the pressure release).
When the pressure is fully released, take the lid off and stir the ingredients together.
Add the shredded cheese and stir until it is melted and combined with the other ingredients.
Serve your pasta with blue cheese crumbles and chopped green onions on top of the pasta (or a drizzle or ranch dressing if you like), and enjoy!
Notes
NOTES: Your Buffalo Chicken Pasta should keep for 2-3 days in the fridge as long as it is in an airtight container. I haven't tried freezing this yet, but I think it would work. Put your Buffalo Chicken Pasta in an airtight, freezer-safe container and it should keep for up to a month!